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Zirkel, Perry A. – NASSP Bulletin, 1998
Describes a complex court case involving a Massachusetts elementary teacher whose contract was not renewed because she was cohabiting with a suspected (but eventually exonerated) child abuser. School officials should resist the knee-jerk reaction to terminate a teacher's contract on the grounds of narrow, homogeneous community values regarding…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Cohabitation, Court Litigation, Divorce
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Zirkel, Perry A.; Gluckman, Ivan B. – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
Reviews two court decisions relating to religion-based objections to public school instructional materials. Includes discussion of the issues involved in the court decisions as well as recommendations to schools about how to deal with such objections. (MD)
Descriptors: Conservatism, Court Litigation, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education